"Celia Behind Locked Door", Sete, France, Juliana Beasley 2009.
Less than one week left, I'm working ahead towards the 30th of the month. Than a lovely vacation with Victoria on the Canal du Midi. Wow, how long has it been since I took a vacation. Although, right now I would prefer prefer lying on the beach! Wouldn't you after the chronic photographer's ailment: the backache.
I took the photograph above in the Arab quarter of Sete. Celia is part Algerian and French. She was a real tough girl and the oldest in her family. They live in a converted attic. Celia, the young "ado"(adolescent) lives in her own room locked behind a close door across the hall from the main living area where her mother, sister and baby brother live. She didn't like smiling for the camera and stared deep into my Rollei lens as if she owned it.
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This one has a certain disturbing quality. The story and the image.
why would you call it disturbing?
The starkness of the room reminds me of something in the movie Taxi Driver, with the expression on her face - she seems trapped in a corner, shoulders slumped forward as if a sign of defeat.
Now, she may not be that way in real life - but in front of the camera she looks like you stole her soul.
I love the shot, so sullen...
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